Pawlenty Finally Grabs Attention on The Colbert Report

One of the complaints about Tim Pawlenty's presidential bid was that he was boring. Naturally, he was the opposite last night during his post-candidacy interview with Stephen Colbert. Asked why he dropped out after notching 3rd place at Iowa's Ames Straw Poll? "I came in third place behind Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul. I think that's enough for any one person to endure," T-Paw zinged. And then, this: When queried about "learning to juggle" for more attention, Pawlenty congenially responded: "I thought about shooting sparks out my butt." (Note: there's ambiguity in how the exactwording is reported.) Colbert then quipped: "when you were actually running for president would you have given me that answer?" Pawlenty: "No." Well, at least he finally got everyone's attention.